By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, September 1 — “After the extension of the Russian base deployment in Armenia official Moscow is concerned about the announcements made by the Azerbaijani side and the possibility of ‘retaliatory steps,’ said Rasim Musabekov, an Azerbaijani political scientist, referring to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedyev’s visit to Baku. On the eve [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 27–The US State Department thinks the status of the Russian military base in Gyumri concerns only the Republic of Armenia and Russia. This statement was made by the State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Wednesday. “I think this is a matter concerning only two countries — Russia and Armenia. Of [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), June 21-The President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakyan, attended the ceremony of a Russian church foundation held in Stepanakert on Friday, the presidential press service reported. According to the report in the place where the church should be built, stands a cross. “At the ceremony, the president noted the importance of Nagorno-Karabakh’s [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), May 29–The leading Armenian international freight forwarding company Apaven along with Russian shippers from the company TransContainer developed a multimodal scheme of Armenian-Russian cargo transportation through Georgia, according to the director of Apaven, Gagik Agajanyan. “For large bulk transportation, when the quantity of goods will be such that the use of motor vehicles will [...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL), April 21–President Serge Sarkisian discussed the latest developments in Turkish-Armenian relations and the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, during a brief visit to Moscow on Tuesday. The two men made no public statements after holding talks in Medvedev’s Gorki residence outside the Russian capital. The Kremlin said only that [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), April 9—The Armenian government approved the memorandum between the Ministry of Economy of Armenia and Rossotrudnichestvo (Russian cooperation) on opening a Russian-Armenian Innovation Cooperation Center in Armenia. “The center will be open on April 15-17. Thus, Armenia will by the first country on the post-Soviet territory that will have such an innovation center,” [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am)–Armenian President Serge Sarkisian visited Moscow at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The two presidents met privately in Medvedev’s residence near Moscow. During their meeting, the heads of the two strategically allied states discussed projects of cooperation planned for 2010, the future broadening of political dialogue, and the expansion of economic cooperation. Military [...]
